Build a Heritage Library Catalog - Step 28

Error says “Strings should be wrapped in double quotes” but when I log the output, that’s what I’m getting. Thanks for your help!

const rawCatalogCards = [
  "From a Buick 8 | King, Stephen | 2002 | Shelf K7",
  "The Shining | King, Stephen | 1977 | Shelf K1",
  "The Stand | King, Stephen | 1978 | Shelf K2",
  "It | King, Stephen | 1986 | Shelf K3",
  "Misery | King, Stephen | 1987 | Shelf K4",
  "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? | Dick, Philip K. | 1968 | Shelf D5",
  "I, Robot | Asimov, Isaac | 1950 | Shelf A8",
  "Foundation | Asimov, Isaac | 1951 | Shelf A9",
  "Dune | Herbert, Frank | 1965 | Shelf H3",
  "Neuromancer | Gibson, William | 1984 | Shelf G8",
  "Snow Crash | Stephenson, Neal | 1992 | Shelf S6",
  "The Martian | Weir, Andy | 2011 | Shelf W5",
  "Ender's Game | Card, Orson Scott | 1985 | Shelf C2",
  "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy | Adams, Douglas | 1979 | Shelf A1",
  "Ready Player One | Cline, Ernest | 2011 | Shelf C7",
  "The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger | King, Stephen | 1982 | Shelf K5",
  // edge cases: missing data
  "Unknown Title |  | 1975 | Shelf X1",
  "Mysterious Manuscript | Unknown Author |  | Shelf Z9",
  "Ancient Scroll | Anonymous | 850 | ",
];

function parseCard(rawString) {
  const parts = rawString.split("|");
  const trimmedParts = [];
  for (let i = 0; i < parts.length; i++) {
    trimmedParts.push(parts[i].trim());
  }
  const title = trimmedParts[0];
  const author = trimmedParts[1];
  const year = trimmedParts[2];
  const location = trimmedParts[3];
  return {
    title: title || "Unknown",
    author: author || "Unknown",
    year: year ? parseInt(year) : "Unknown",
    location: location || "Unknown"
  };
}

function parseCatalog(rawCards) {
  const catalog = [];
  for (let i = 0; i < rawCards.length; i++) {
    catalog.push(parseCard(rawCards[i]));
  }
  return catalog;
}

const catalog = parseCatalog(rawCatalogCards);

function findByAuthor(catalog, author) {
  const searchTerm = author.toLowerCase();
  const results = [];
  for (let i = 0; i < catalog.length; i++) {
    if (catalog[i].author.toLowerCase().includes(searchTerm)) {
      results.push(catalog[i]);
    }
  }
  return results;
}

function groupByDecade(catalog) {
  const grouped = {};
  for (let i = 0; i < catalog.length; i++) {
    const book = catalog[i];
    if (book.year === "Unknown") {
      if (!grouped["Unknown"]) {
        grouped["Unknown"] = [];
      }
      grouped["Unknown"].push(book);
      continue;
    }
    const decade = Math.floor(book.year / 10) * 10;
    const decadeKey = `${decade}s`;
    if (!grouped[decadeKey]) {
      grouped[decadeKey] = [];
    }
    grouped[decadeKey].push(book);
  }
  return grouped;
}

const byDecade = groupByDecade(catalog);

function renderEntry(entry) {
  const title = entry.title || "Unknown";
  const author = entry.author || "Unknown";
  const year = entry.year || "Unknown";
  const location = entry.location || "Unknown";
  return `${"-".repeat(25)}
Title: ${title}
Author: ${author}
Year: ${year}
Location: ${location}
${"-".repeat(25)}`;
}

console.log(renderEntry(catalog[0]));

function validateEntry(entry) {
  let isValid = true;
  if (!("title" in entry) || !entry.title || entry.title === "Unknown") {
    isValid = false;
  }
  if (!("author" in entry) || !entry.author || entry.author === "Unknown") {
    isValid = false;
  }
  if (!("year" in entry) || !entry.year || entry.year === "Unknown") {
    isValid = false;
  }
  if (!("location" in entry) || !entry.location || entry.location === "Unknown") {
    isValid = false;
  }
  return isValid;
}

function exportToJSON(catalog) {
  return JSON.stringify(catalog, null, 2);
}

function exportToCSV(catalog) {
  const header = "Title,Author,Year,Location";
  const rows = [];
  for (let i = 0; i < catalog.length; i++) {
    const strang = `"${catalog[i].title}","${catalog[i].author}",${catalog[i].year},"${catalog[i].location}"`;
    console.log(strang);
    rows.push(strang);
  }
  return rows;
}

exportToCSV(catalog)

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I am getting the error “String must begin and end with double quotes” but the output shows that’s happening correctly. Not sure where I’m going wrong. Thanks for your help!

Your code so far

const rawCatalogCards = [
  "From a Buick 8 | King, Stephen | 2002 | Shelf K7",
  "The Shining | King, Stephen | 1977 | Shelf K1",
  "The Stand | King, Stephen | 1978 | Shelf K2",
  "It | King, Stephen | 1986 | Shelf K3",
  "Misery | King, Stephen | 1987 | Shelf K4",
  "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? | Dick, Philip K. | 1968 | Shelf D5",
  "I, Robot | Asimov, Isaac | 1950 | Shelf A8",
  "Foundation | Asimov, Isaac | 1951 | Shelf A9",
  "Dune | Herbert, Frank | 1965 | Shelf H3",
  "Neuromancer | Gibson, William | 1984 | Shelf G8",
  "Snow Crash | Stephenson, Neal | 1992 | Shelf S6",
  "The Martian | Weir, Andy | 2011 | Shelf W5",
  "Ender's Game | Card, Orson Scott | 1985 | Shelf C2",
  "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy | Adams, Douglas | 1979 | Shelf A1",
  "Ready Player One | Cline, Ernest | 2011 | Shelf C7",
  "The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger | King, Stephen | 1982 | Shelf K5",
  // edge cases: missing data
  "Unknown Title |  | 1975 | Shelf X1",
  "Mysterious Manuscript | Unknown Author |  | Shelf Z9",
  "Ancient Scroll | Anonymous | 850 | ",
];

function parseCard(rawString) {
  const parts = rawString.split("|");
  const trimmedParts = [];
  for (let i = 0; i < parts.length; i++) {
    trimmedParts.push(parts[i].trim());
  }
  const title = trimmedParts[0];
  const author = trimmedParts[1];
  const year = trimmedParts[2];
  const location = trimmedParts[3];
  return {
    title: title || "Unknown",
    author: author || "Unknown",
    year: year ? parseInt(year) : "Unknown",
    location: location || "Unknown"
  };
}

function parseCatalog(rawCards) {
  const catalog = [];
  for (let i = 0; i < rawCards.length; i++) {
    catalog.push(parseCard(rawCards[i]));
  }
  return catalog;
}

const catalog = parseCatalog(rawCatalogCards);

function findByAuthor(catalog, author) {
  const searchTerm = author.toLowerCase();
  const results = [];
  for (let i = 0; i < catalog.length; i++) {
    if (catalog[i].author.toLowerCase().includes(searchTerm)) {
      results.push(catalog[i]);
    }
  }
  return results;
}

function groupByDecade(catalog) {
  const grouped = {};
  for (let i = 0; i < catalog.length; i++) {
    const book = catalog[i];
    if (book.year === "Unknown") {
      if (!grouped["Unknown"]) {
        grouped["Unknown"] = [];
      }
      grouped["Unknown"].push(book);
      continue;
    }
    const decade = Math.floor(book.year / 10) * 10;
    const decadeKey = `${decade}s`;
    if (!grouped[decadeKey]) {
      grouped[decadeKey] = [];
    }
    grouped[decadeKey].push(book);
  }
  return grouped;
}

const byDecade = groupByDecade(catalog);

function renderEntry(entry) {
  const title = entry.title || "Unknown";
  const author = entry.author || "Unknown";
  const year = entry.year || "Unknown";
  const location = entry.location || "Unknown";
  return `${"-".repeat(25)}
Title: ${title}
Author: ${author}
Year: ${year}
Location: ${location}
${"-".repeat(25)}`;
}

console.log(renderEntry(catalog[0]));

function validateEntry(entry) {
  let isValid = true;
  if (!("title" in entry) || !entry.title || entry.title === "Unknown") {
    isValid = false;
  }
  if (!("author" in entry) || !entry.author || entry.author === "Unknown") {
    isValid = false;
  }
  if (!("year" in entry) || !entry.year || entry.year === "Unknown") {
    isValid = false;
  }
  if (!("location" in entry) || !entry.location || entry.location === "Unknown") {
    isValid = false;
  }
  return isValid;
}

function exportToJSON(catalog) {
  return JSON.stringify(catalog, null, 2);
}

function exportToCSV(catalog) {
  const header = "Title,Author,Year,Location";
  const rows = [];

// User Editable Region

  for (let i = 0; i < catalog.length; i++) {
    const strang = `"${catalog[i].title}","${catalog[i].author}",${catalog[i].year},"${catalog[i].location}"`;
    console.log(strang);
    rows.push(strang);
  }
  return rows;

// User Editable Region

}

exportToCSV(catalog)

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Build a Heritage Library Catalog - Step 28

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Hi @besaidaurochs07,

This is from the instruction:

Inside the loop, declare const entry = catalog[i]

It doesn’t look like this was done.

Also, you are not asked to log anything in this step.

Happy coding